Word: ies
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told." Said General Eisenhower: "All of us here have lost one of our best and most understanding friends." The G.I.s he wrote about paid their respects too. On Ie Jima, Corporal Landon Seidler fashioned a handmade wooden casket for him. Soldiers nailed Pyle's dogtags on the top, and buried him on le beside the G.I. dead. For the spot where he had fallen, Corporal Seidler carved a wooden plaque: "At this spot the 77th Infantry Division lost a buddy...
...Senate's Truman Committee called in Kaiser and gave him a Hobson's choice: to reorganize plant management, ie., to take over Brewster production himself, or resign from the board. Reluctantly, Kaiser took over. Said the miracle man glumly: "It's not an alluring prospect to take over what's reputed to be the worst situation in the country...
...secretary was a Japanese agent. A similar check for a high Washington war man had him in a cold sweat last week. Said a terse X & B. report on a man he was about to promote: "This man has held several responsible jobs. His habits are good. But ie is of German extraction and his loyalty is questioned. His closest associates refer to him as 'the Nazi.' " Last week, thanks to D. & B., "the Nazi's" days in Washington were numbered...
...Team A: Ie, Boston; It, Durwood; lg, Hibbard; c, J. Fisher; rg, Stannard; rt, W. Fisher; re, Garland; tb, Comer ford and Richards; wb, O'Donnell: fb, Johnson; qb, Goethals...
...just under the surface, but it has not yet been mined. With all Sarawak's natural wealth, some of Raja Brooke's main sources of revenue are, according to the ultra-conservative Statesman's Year Book, "customs, the Government opium monopoly, gambling, arrack and pawn farms" (ie) the Government farms out licenses for gambling, the sale of distilled rum, pawning...